Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
Latest action · Sep 8, 2020 Received in the Senate.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedAug 22, 2020
- Passed HouseAug 22, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
This bill expands Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to provide premium processing services for certain immigration-related applications and contains other related provisions.
DHS may collect a fee to provide premium processing of an application for any immigration benefit that DHS considers appropriate, subject to certain requirements. Currently, DHS only has statutory authority to provide premium processing for employment-based applications.
Under current law, DHS must use such premium fees to provide premium processing services and make infrastructure improvements. Under this bill, such fees shall be used for these purposes and other activities that offset the cost of providing adjudication and naturalization services.
DHS may suspend premium processing of applications only if circumstances prevent the timely processing of a significant number of such applications. DHS shall provide those who have requested premium processing with access to case status information and communications channels to the premium processing units.
DHS may expand premium processing to certain immigrant benefits and set fees for such processing without following certain rulemaking procedures if DHS meets certain requirements, such as limiting the premium fee to specified amounts.
The bill also increases the premium fees charged to applicants. DHS may, subject to requirements, biennially adjust premium fees to reflect inflation without following certain rulemaking requirements.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 22, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Aug 22, 2020 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Aug 22, 2020 |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Original | Aug 22, 2020 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Aug 22, 2020 |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | Original | Aug 22, 2020 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Aug 22, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Aug 22, 2020Discharged Aug 22, 2020 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Aug 22, 2020Discharged Aug 22, 2020 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2020Received in the Senate.
- Aug 22, 2020Introduced in House
- Aug 22, 2020Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Aug 22, 2020Mr. Raskin asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- Aug 22, 2020Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
- Aug 22, 2020Committee on the Budget discharged.
- Aug 22, 2020Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H4299-4300)
- Aug 22, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H4299)
- Aug 22, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4299Text printed H4299 | Jamie Raskin D-MD | Aug 22, 2020 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 14, 2020H.R. 8089, Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization ActAs passed by the House of Representatives
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 149, August 22, 2020, page H4301.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48021 | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): Operations and Issues for Congress | Report | Apr 5, 2024 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8078 | Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act | Related bill | Aug 21, 2020 |
| HR 8319 | Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act | Related bill | Sep 23, 2020 |
| HR 8337 | Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act | Related bill | Oct 1, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand premium processing for certain immigration benefits, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign labor
- Government information and archives
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Inflation and prices
- User charges and fees
- Visas and passports
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2020Received in Senate
- Aug 22, 2020Engrossed in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
